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judging from IN advertisement of q
certain whisky in Michigan newspaper
columns that it will cure nearly every
disease laid down in the medical books,
somebody believes that the prohibition
amendment will be carried and that a
large number of people will need the
article for .'medicinal" purposes.
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If the new french explosive, mel
init" is rs dangerous to the Germans
AZ it is to the French, Berlin will yet
be the capital Of the French republic.
Several workmen have already been
killed and many wounded.
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JOSEPH KUBLER. : PUBLISHER

DeLesseps has oeen selling large
blocks of Panama canal shares to the
Germans in Berlin. The Germans are
not sharp. Their deprecated Russian
bonds are better property for them to
hold.
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Commissioner of Deeds for all the
States, Mr.. q. f.. Reardon. Baltimore.
Md, writes that he suffered for a lone
time with rheumatism, which yielded to
no treatment until he applied St. ia
cob's Oil.
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A young man .ut in the country has
just blown OFF his arm through grasp
ing a gun by the muzzle. 1t is strange
how people will handle weapons year
after year without realizing which is
the dangerous end. Observation Is a
pleasanter teacher than experience.
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Bismarck's organ, the North German
Gazette, serves notice upon Alsace-Lsr-
raine that il war shsuld break out be-
tween France and Germany the an
nexed provinces will be deemed culpa-
BILE in the premises and will be made
to suffer. This is the method to Ger
mamie these people.
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Boards of health endorse Red Star
Cough Cure as a speedy and sure rem
edy for coughs and colds. Scientists
pronounce IT entirely vegetable and
free from opiates. Price, twenty five
cents a bottle.
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He Realized II.

Puck: Young man said an
apostle, solemnly, ''do you realize,
when you retire at night, that you may
be called before the morning dawns?n
"Yes. sir" responded the young
man, Il realize IT fully, I'm the father
of y ihree-weeks-old baby"
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The satin striped rossemer silks are :.
ee worn by bridesmaids the coming season,
ana these silks are found in all delicate
shades.
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IN FIERCE FLAMES.

Burning of the Richmond Hotel at Buffalo
Fridays Morning,
In Which Many Persons Persisted in the
Flames
And Many Others Sustain Fatal OF Dan
gerous Ipiurias.
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1t is believed the less 81 lie will ,Xeccd
twenty persons, but as ne l.ss has been made
out, this is In a measure sssss work. I've
guests were seen to fail baeh frsru The window
in the third story of tie hotel In the flames.
Three servant girls are thosgst to have per
ishcd, one man whose ssIse is unknown,
jumped from the window TO the street aue
was killed. The guest: escaping from Tia.
house saw several person. !y'as dead in the
corridors, having been ss1ocated. Capt
hilroy, OF the police, says hs Believes from
what he witnessed twonty-i ave persons q,
least have persisted. The rains are too hot to
admit of search for the bodies. As far 81.
known the dead and missing are, Wilson luI-
cell, Of K. G. Dunn a. Co; Norton Osborne,
day clerk OF the hotel; Kate Pierce and Kat.
Kent, servants, an unkRovn woman and a.
unknown man.
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DR.. sase's Catarrh Remedy surpssses al.
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The Register Burned So That the Identity
Of the Dead is Difficult.

BUFFALO, N. Y, March lS.-Another ,er-
rible calamity has visited this city. The
splendid new iiye-story Richmond hotel, cor
ner Of Union and Eagle streets, was totally
destroyed 10y fire early this morning, together
with Bunnelps museum and the adjacent buils-
lag. The most distrcssful part of The disas
ter Is the loss OF
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A NUMBER ON Ilv ia,

estimated at from twelve TO fifteen, while ne
number CT injured is cutie az large. The
rapid.ty Of the progress OF sAe FIRE cut of the
usual means of escape, auc people within the
burning building were compelled to leap fer
life from the windows al go down the Are
escapes, which are ladder. raised by the Sre
department. The sre sesan at 1880
and the sleeping gues:s were aroused
by the night clerk, porter ava bell-boy, vine
were the only ones up They rang the eles
trio bells aud fire alarms, Gsa 10 a few mix
utes the guests rushed eat OF sheir rooms II
their night clothes, orly 10 Gni the stair"ays
LlNrkpl by
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The fire in the hotel began in the bascmen;
and followed the elevator 10 the top hoor-
The register of the hotel VAS surned, together
with all the account books. A list 81 the
guests cannot be obtaiaed. IL is belityes
there were eighty-four gsoSts In all. In tbt
safe, which is buried 10 tie ruins, there are
diamonds, jewelry ana msAoy belonging 80 the
guests, amounting to Aany Thousands o.
dollars. Ont guest, N. Alder had $3l,C CO..
WORTH OF diamonds IN the safe, and another
guest had over 30 a6o worth 81
watches and ~ieweIrv, all is confs
sion at present and the list Of the missing
and injured is diAicult - get. The injured
have been taken 10 hospitals and every atter.
ton is being paid them. Tie less on tbs
hotel is about S225, 800. On Bunuerr.
museum about SO, 900. The otasr losses VIA
aggregate $4,000.
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SMOKE AND gLAAiiss

forcing them 10 the roof OF through The wiE
dows. The shrieks and cries OF the people
eat of by the flames were heaIsrenGing and
could be heard "a block away. There were
about l25 people ia the hots.. The tireinet
did noble work and rescaed many person.
The fire spread 10 Bunnsll's museum, wbiSl
was soon destroyed. BY O o'clock the bots,,
museum and another structure was
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"PURNELL'S LEGION"
somethlng Aboat Its ORGANIZATION and seryIoe.

Something About It's Organization and Services.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: J. p. Mundell
asks about the Purnell Legion. The regiment
was organized at Pikesyile Arsenal, eight miles
north Of Baltimore. The several companies
were recruited as follows: A, Il, G, ii and X in
the city Of Baltimore; and @ principally in
Somerset and Worcester Counties; in Cecil
County, and II in Baltimore County. They
were mustered into the United States service
at various dates in the months Of October and
November, 1861. The first Colonel was VIM. IL.
Purncll, Of Worcester County, who resigned
in February, 1862, and was succeeded by
w. J. Leonard, Of Salisbury, Md. This officer
was taken prisoner at Catlett's Station, Va,
Aug. %, 1862 when the command deyolved
on Lieut.-Col. b. l.. Simpson, who resigned in
1862. Col. Leonard having resigned in No
vember Of that year, Capt Samuel A. Graham
Was promoted 10 the Colonclcy, and held that
position until the muster-out Of the regiment
Oct. "a, 1864. The veterans and recruits were
transferred 10 the LIST Nd.
The services Of the regiment may be briefly
stated. d October, 1861, il proceeded TO the
Eastern Shore Of Virginia and cleared that
4 section Of all armed rebels. Ia May, 1862, IL
was sent TO Harpers Ferry, and there took
part in an engagement with StOnewall Jack
sons army, which was threatening an advance
into Maryland. IL Joined in the pursuit Of
the rebels up the Shenandoah Valley, proceed
ing thence TO Catlett's Station, the line Of the
Orange a. Alexandria Railroad, at which place,
during the retreat Of Gen. Pope's army five
companies were suddenly and Unexpectedly
attacked by a rebel force under Stuart. Two
men were killed and CD captured. From this
point the regiment fell back with the army &c
Washington, moving thence TO Antietam,
where il suffered some loss twas afterwards
stationed at Haper's Ferry, Va; Frederick
Nd; along the line Of the Baltimore a. Ohio
Railroad, and at Fort Delaware, Charles County
Md. On May is, 1864, it proceeded TO Alex
andria, Va, and thence via Belle PLANE Land
ing and Fredericksburg 10 the Army Of tn
Potomac, being assigned 10 the Maryland Bri
gade, Second Division, Fifth Corps.
Its subsequent history is identical with tina
brigade. The battles in which il bore an hon
orable part arc Harper's Ferry, Catlett's Sta
ton, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietan
Shady Grove, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbol
assault on Petersburg, siege Of Petersburg
Weldon Railroad, Poplar Grove Church, Chapc
House, aud PEBBLES Farm. After its transfer (
the LIST Nd. il took part i'm the following bat
s ties: Hatcher's Run, Hicksford raid, Dabney
} Mill, White Oak Road, Five Forks and Appt
|. matt0X Courthouse. In the battle Of the Weldo
3 Railroad, Aug. is, 1864, it lost IL killed, g
: wounded and IS captured. The Washingto
q Chronicle in its account of the battle, says
' "The PuInen Nd. Legion bore the brunt
: the battle" il was a splendid regiment,
: which the State Of Maryland may we'll feu
3 proud.-C. II. Cox, Co. L, LIST Md, Washing
. ington, ID. q.
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SCRIBNER'S BRIGADE.
The Good Fighting II nid at Pumpkin Vine Cree

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / have seen
several articles written by comrades about the
fight at New Hope Church. ia, on May 20
1864 Serg't-Maj. i. M. Adair, o6th Ind, speaks
of the Regular Brigade of the Fourteenth Corps
coming TO their relief late in the afternoon on
May ~, near Picllett's Mills, or, as we called
the fracas Pumpkin Vine Creek. i do not wish
to detract one iota from the Regular or any
other brigade of the First Division, Fourteenth
Corps, for was always wishing for them 10 be
near about when we had any dirty work TO
do.
want to put in a word for the brigade COM
manded by our brave little Colonel Scribner,
of the 35th Ind. The brigade was composed OF
the 3Sth Ind, 18th Pa, 10th Wis, 9ith Ohio,
and 9th Ind. We had marched all night pre-
vious and on the morning Of the 9th passed
numbers of Rockers men lying in the wood
wounded, and his dead unburied, from the
hotly-contested battle of the evening before,
now known as New Hope Church. We were in
hearing Of the battle the evening OF the 10Th,
and marched till o'clock a. IN. TO reach Hook
ers Corps, when the darkness became so in
tense that we could not see an army wagon
with its white cover three feet in front Of US.
The narrow road was blocked with Rockers
trains, and we rested from ? a. m. till daylight.
We then took up our march for the front, and
arrived at Picketts Mills early p. m. 9th, and
were surprised by a yolley fired not more than
200 yards IN front OF US by the rebel pnckets.
Col Scribner threw out skirmishers at once
and we advanced rapidly--the 3sth Ind. being
in advance of the brigade. We were double
quclled across the mill-dam and up a small
mountain on the left of the line. The rebel
line at the time did not extend across the
creek, therefore the 35th did not become en-
gagged, but got peppered well while crossing the
mill-dam.
From our position on the hill we conld look
down on the balance of the First Brigade
composed Of the 37th Ind, 18th Pa, 10th Wis,
and Saith Ohio-hotly engaged in front Of the
enemy's works and exposed in an open field,
but a better fight / never saw. Not foot Of
ground was yielded till night closed the fight
and our lines reformed on the ridge few hun
dred yards in the rear.
Many sympathetic words were uttered that
afternoon by The boys of the 35th Ind for our
comrades across the creek when they were so
! holly engaged and were doing such good work.
/ ] wish 10 hear from comrades of the First Bri-
/ gade, First Division, Fourteenth Corps. know
not what troops joined our right that day, as
we were marched through woods and fields in
rear Of Rockers and other troops TO reach the
| left-I w. HosKTNs Co. III, 3sth Ind, Sher.
man avenue, Mt. Pleasant, Washington, ID. &.
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A Cnmrade I'm Amlciion.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Let me talk
to nv old comrades who took part in the bat
tie of Baton Rouge and in the Red River ex-
petition of April and May Of 1863. On the
27th of May we finished the investment OF Port
Hudson by driving the enemy inside their
works. The 4th Wis. that morning numbered
$50 In 10 minutes after the order was given
we had the enemy inside their works, and with
nothing but our old Springfield riied muskets
had slenced every battery of the enemy and
lost nearly one-third our number. When Co.
counted off that morning there were 80.
When the Johnnies were driven inside their
works there were but IS of us left. On June
IA, 1863, at Port Hudson we charged the enemy
at daylight with 222, and but AZ answered the
roll-call after the fight.
/ would like TO say to those dear old comrades
that | am in trouble. lost all had by fire.
Then the loss by death of her who was more
to me than life has somehow broken me down,
crushed me TO the heart, and / can't seem to
recover. As all the old veterans of Co. Il, 4th
Wis, know, i was always reported for duty and
was always at the front. Even with q bullet
in my left arm (0Iive Branch, Aug. 8, 1861 !
would not go to the hospital. Now, stricken
down by sorrow aud the loss of my property,
prematurely old from wounds, injuries and
the effects of hard service my name is not
known on the hospital record. L never sneaked
or played of, and now, sick and unable to labor
/ cannot get pension, for the doctors know
nothing about me. would like to say TO my
old comrades who so often stood with me
shoulder to shoulder and looked death in the
face, let me hear from you and your families
1t viii cheer me up and help me to bridge oyel
the darkest part OF my life to know you are
with me in spirit the same as then in body
| do not want TO be mustered out, for my son
IL years old, needs me yet little longer. 1
you will but write to me, who knows but may
| yet live TO make the warm heart of my noble
boy glad.-IRA STAFFORD, Seattle, Wash. L.
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The 18Th Ohio at Peach Tree Greek.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: / saw an arti-
Gle calling Il. w. Pool to order in regard to his
account of Peach Tree Creek. At no time did
the Goth Conn. belong to the Third Brigade,
Third Division, Twentieth Corps, which was
composed of the 10th n. Y, 55th Ohio, SD
Mass, Goth Wis, 18th Conn. At the battle of
Peach Tree Creek the 55th Ohio and SD Mass,
were in reserve. They were just as near the
line of battle as they could get, and did con-
siderable shooting over the heads of those in
line until ordered to desist, rs the Johnnies
were getting too close, and our own boys were
in danger from our fire., During the fight an
order came for the 33d and 18th TO close gap
upon the left Of our brigade. We were just in
time to stop the enemy, whom we repulsed, and
then rejoined the brigade.
] would like 10 hear from the two boys who
were caught asleep one night when Col. Gambee,
of the 10Th Ohio, was Corps officer of the Day,
and the writer of this article accompanied him
at grand rounds. They belonged to Col. Gam
bees regiment, else they would have Jared
hard. Are all the 55th Ohio boys dead, or what
ails them ?-H. X. CARVER, Co. A, 55th Ohio,
White Rock Oak.
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ABInst from a CayaIryman's Busle.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: For the last
year have taken a great deal Of pleasure in
reading your paper, especially the columns de-
voted 10 Picket Shots" liz was my privilege
TO be at the " borning" Of the Sixth Corps. 1t
was organized when Franklin's Division
reached McClellan's army in front of York
town. Franklin's and Smiths Divisions formed
the corps, and Franklin, being the senior Major
General, was placed in command, Gen. Slocum
commanding our division. i belonged TO the
9th N. Y, aud we remained with the corps
until our time was out, May 81, 1863
In November 1863, / enlisted in the 22d n.
Y. Cav. We joined the Army of the Potomac
the second day Of the Wilderness fight, and
shared the fortunes Of the army until il got in
front Of Petersburg. Later we took in the
Wilson raid, after which we went with Sheri.
dan 20 the Shenandoah Valley. Judging from
the most Of the writers, the infantry did all the
fighting at Cedar Creek. If my memory serve:
me right, the cavalry, especially Clusters Di
vision, had little something TO say about it,
Two days after the fight j had occasion 10 90 Il
| Sheridan's headquarters, and i counted *
pieces Of artillery with placard on them bear
| ing the name Of Custer. AS far as / could see
there was not much difference in the infantry
| Wefound stragglers from all the corps-Eighth
| Nineteenth aud Sixth. There were the mos
| from the Eighth, but who could blame them
| i only ask the comrades TO remember that Their
| was such a branch Of the service as cavalry
| and during the last two years Of the war the,
| were generally around when there was an,
| fighting 10 dos. Il. ARMSTRONG, Orderly
Sergeant, 90. A, 22d N. Y. Cav, Bankers, n.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / think the
"kids" deserve more praise than they receive.
] know of lots of wounded men on the field
who would have suffered more than they did if
it had not been for the kids" who carried
them water and helped them off the field. Ask
Lieut.. Brightman, Of our regiment, what he
thinks of the two kids" who carried him
back off the skirmish-line at Corinth. think
he will say they did him good service. l am
one of those kids" and received a severe rup-
ture from it. Mike 0'Mally was the other.
Neither of us was Is years old ut the time.
always noticed that when the regiment went
into camp the kids" were all there, while big,
strong men lay all along the line of the days
march. We are most of US big, whiskered men
now, but after this please give us a representa-.
ton, as we were thcn-"kids," but ever ready
and willing to do our full duty. never knew
of one failing yet. So please give the kids "
their just dues-GEo. w. SHoAFF, kid Of
Co. ], Goth Ill., aud 10th ILL.,, Friendsyille, Ill
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THE SEVENTH MAINE.
II Had a Finger in the PIE nj Williamsburg.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrade Geo.
B. Mckinney wants 10 know il i was at the
front at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. was
there that day and stayed all the next night
as ] was on picket just west of those log nuts,
where some Of The Johnnies undertook TO stop,
when our fire sent them TO the rear, aud was
among ne first 10 60 into the fort next morn
ing. III Comade Mckinney was near enough
10 have heard him. ] think he will remember
that there was someone who kept grooming IN
the woods 10 our right, and between the picket
lines. Our officers would not let us bring IN
the wounded man ioc lear OF trap. thlhk
that neither the Jlh Wis. nor the lst he was
in Gen. Dayd5on's Brigade think tne oth
Wis belonged 10 HauCocks. Davldsons TWO
regiments were the 18th Ne. ard BID ~ \. Part
of the 5lh Wis was on the skirmish-line that
day, Tor U,y cousin. Elisha Small, OF that regl-
ment. haG part OF his cunst0ck shot Oh. j thlnk
ii was more than 20 rods from the first redoubt
after crossing the dam 10 the second, or the
one where our artillery stopped AFTER getllhg
back out of the rcbs' way. 1t seemed 10 me
that our line was too long for only two regi-
ments. and have ALWAYS supposed that the
9th Ne. was TO the left. / would like to hear
from some Of that regiment, and also from the
9Th Wis
always thought our 9TH Me. got more praise
! than really belonged TO il. for we did not lose
a man. it seems 10 me that from the dam 10
where our line was formed was lullg man d
mile, and well remember how j felt when the
! order " About-Face! Forward-March !" was
given. and we turned our backs 20 the foe. and
heard their exultant yell. ] know that felt
better when we got the order " Halt! About
face Fix bayonets!" and the shout we
started when Gen. Hancock gave the order
Nov. gentlemen, give them the bayonet
would have 90 be heard to be appreciated.
often think Of the reb who. when he came &c
our line. stopped, and with a surprised loo6
asked If those were all of us, and SAID:
thought the woods were fall Of id lanks!
The most of the fighting for the day was Z
the east Of Fort Maeruder in the siashing
while We were north of the fort. i cannot say
but other troops may have started TO our assist
ance when the rebs made their sortie. can
not tell much about what other reglmenu
were doing ] only know what saw an'
heard. and will assure the cOmrade that wa
there-WM. IL. H. SMALL, Co. ID, 9TH Me-
4 East Monmouth Me
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DUTY IN THE REAR.
Experiences OF a Soldier on PrOvost-Guard In
Philadelphia.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the Sum-
mer Of 1852 was detailed for duty at the Pro-
vost-Marshals Office at Philadelphia. We
occupied an old bank building on Second street,
near Walnut. The guard consisted of about
60 men, and they represented every State on
the Union side, from Maine TO California, with
no two men from the same regiment, as j recOl-
lect, except the LIST Cal, or list Pa.-Col L.
ID. Bakers regiment-who were paroled pris-
oners, having been taken at Balls Bluff. These,
in the beginning formed the greater part of
the guard. Capt. Kern and Capt. Hooper, OFF,
GERS of that regiment, were respectively Pro-
vost- Marshal and Assistant.
The Regular service was also represented by
"Nosey, the 10Th Regular" as he was dubbed
on account of his proboscis being of large size
and strabismal. Every one had a nickname
| gained i'm some way. The writer sailed under
the nom de plume of Casey" on account of our
skedaddle at Fair Oaks / being tho only
member representing that division i'm the
/ guard. The names of those whom / will al
| ways remember on account Of old associations,
| are j. w. Mexican, Co. III, 10lst Pa; Joseph
Gardner, Co. G, 63d Pa; Samuel saylor, Co. A,
| 10th Pa. Reserves; Thomas Palmer and VIM.
Roberts, 71st Pa. Serg't Bentley too / will
always remember, on account Of a watch
loaned him, and also as being the man whom
! John Smith--a one-legged soldier Of the LIST
! Pa. Reserves awaiting discharge at the hospital
/ AT the chu OF Markel-slreet horse-rallway IN
/ West Philadelphia-threw down the stairs for
putting on authority. Smith afterward wrote
a book, in which he graphically told the story.
! j knew both men well and highIs appreciated
the job, as he did not hurt Bentley much, but
scared him terribly.
In time we were all sent to our respective
commands or discharged, and i have never
heard from any Of the boys since. j would
very much like TO know if some are not yet
living who remember those days when Capt.
Kern rode his horse up the steps into the ro-
Chester at midnight TO quell the riot in the
hospital, when every doctor had black eye or
a swelled nose; of how the Provost guard
whipped the Broad and Cherry Hospital guard
and took them prisoners in Chestnut street
Let us hear from some member Of the old Pro.
vost guard.-JoHS McELHATTES, Co. ii, l03d
Pa, Shippensyille, Pa.